Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Enemy radio propagandists have never had any luck with attempts to homesicken U.S. soldiers; thoughts of home only seem to make them fight harder to get back sooner. Now the G.I.'s are going to get a heaping helping of genuine hometown news-at the special request of General Eisenhower...
While we're still searching for the hard luck kid seeking priorities on the western frontier, the smug expression of Romeo Ray Wibble and many others too numerous to count are worth noting. There is a general "attitude" of complete satisfaction all around as we finish the finest leave since way back...
...ferocious block by Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard* helped Quarterback Doug ("Hard Luck") Kenna sweep right end for the opening touchdown. It was Army's first touchdown against Notre Dame in five years, and it stimulated the killer instinct in the Cadets' cheering section. "Get more ... get more," they chanted, and the West Pointers poured it on. Halfback Glenn Davis, with All-America stamped all over him, carried the ball eight times for 83 yards, scored three touchdowns. As the avalanche rolled on, the Cadet rooters changed their chant to: "Hit 'em again ... hit 'em again...
...Down." The turn in their luck came in Chicago. Out of work and deeply discouraged, Charlie and Bergen got a week's tryout at the Chez Paree nightclub. At 3 o'clock one morning they came on for their final per formance. The club was almost empty...
...talented footballers of the U.S. Naval Academy had the bad luck to be selected national champions before they played a single game. It was a burden that even Navy's powerful line and great backfield could not carry: they bowed twice, on flukes and fumbles, to North Carolina Pre-Flight and to Georgia Tech. Then they came back to wallop Pennsylvania, 26-to-0. Last week at Baltimore, Navy's big guns poured broadside after broadside into unbeaten Notre Dame. Final score: Navy 32, Notre Dame...